Teesside folk trio The Young’Uns have today announced the release of their new album Tiny Notes (out 3rd March 2023 on Hudson Records). The first album single, Three Dads Walking, is out now and tickets for their Tiny Notes 2023 UK & Ireland tour go on sale tomorrow – 12th October.
In 2019, the trio released The Ballad Of Johnny Longstaff, a remarkable true story of one man’s journey from poverty and unemployment in Stockton on Tees, through the Hunger Marches of the 1930s, the mass trespass movement and the Battle of Cable Street, to fighting fascism in the Spanish Civil War. It was also a Featured Album of the Month on Folk Radio (reviewed here). They followed this up in 2020 with a theatrical version – a joint collaboration with Northern Stage, the largest producing theatre in the North East of England.
The Ballad Of Johnny Longstaff contains the past and it contains the future. It is a special achievement by an extremely talented group.
Thomas Blake, Folk Radio
The Young’uns live shows are renowned. With heart-on-the-sleeve storytelling, beautiful lyrics, warm harmonies and relentless repartee, Sean Cooney, Michael Hughes and David Eagle (the award-winning stand-up comedian) sing life-affirming folk songs for today.
Nearly twenty years after accidentally stumbling into the alien world of their local folk club as drunken teenagers, (and gaining their cureless name in the process) these three thirtysomething friends from Stockton and Hartlepool have never lost the joy of that first night of singing together. Whether performing at Glastonbury Festival, writing a song about pigs with a group of school children, or presenting a programme on Radio 4, Sean Cooney, Michael Hughes and David Eagle are just the same.
The new album Tiny Notes will be released in March 2023 with the first single Three Dads Walking released 9th October. Three Dads Walking, is about three amazing men, all have lost their daughters, Beth, Sophie and Emily to suicide. Andy, Tim and Mike want to continue to highlight the fact that suicide is the biggest killer of young people across the entire UK and are currently walking between the parliaments of the 4 nations to highlight the help PAPYRUS can offer. You may have seen the Young’uns singing their song to the Three Dads on BBC Breakfast news and ITV news.
Please consider donating to the Three Dads PAPYRUS fundraising campaign and sign their petition here.
The new album Tiny Notes takes its name from messages tied to the railings of a bridge in Sunderland, Tiny Notes is a collection of songs that find hope and humanity in grief and despair. From London Bridge to Lockerbie, from Derry to Aleppo, with warm harmony and beautifully crafted lyrics, these are folk songs for our times.
Tiny notes is accompanied by a UK & Ireland tour in 2023.
Tiny Notes (3rd March 2023) – Pre-Order – https://smarturl.it/tinynotes
Ticket Sales – www.theyounguns.co.uk
Three Dads Walking – Single –https://smarturl.it/threedadsw…
Tiny Notes Tour 2023
08/04 LIVERPOOL Philharmonic Hall
09/04 EDINBURGH Summerhall
10/04 SHREWSBURY St Mary’s Church
11/04 NORWICH Arts Centre
12/04 SHOREHAM Ropetackle
13/04 SANDWICH St Mary’s Arts Centre
14/04 LONDON Union Chapel
15/04 ALDEBURGH Jubilee Hall
21/04 SHEFFIELD Firth Hall
20/05 DUBLIN Pavilion Dun Laoghaire
26/05 GATESHEAD The Sage
27/05 CLECKHEATON Town Hall
28/05 BRISTOL The Redgrave Theatre
30/05 OXFORD North Wall
31/05 CARDIFF Acapela
01/06 LINCOLN Drill Hall
02/06 MANCHESTER The Stoller Hall